The Jeanbaptiste surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,915 people carried this name — #4,483 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted. That is up 70% from 4,646 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 28 people named Jeanbaptiste.

Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Paris 5
Creuse 4
Yvelines 4
Seine-et-Marne 3
Essonne 3
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
La Réunion 3
Oise 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 28 people named Jeanbaptiste live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Namur 28

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Jeanbaptiste in American newspapers,
1867–1905.

Newspaper page from Westliche Blätter carrying the name Jeanbaptiste
Westliche Blätter 1867-02-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Jeanbaptiste
Evening Star 1895-12-21
Newspaper page from Le Progrès carrying the name Jeanbaptiste
Le Progrès 1905-09-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,060 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Jeanbaptiste,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States5 records

5 records of the Jeanbaptiste name in the United States U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Antonio Jean Baptiste

    Born 1923 in Port-Au-P, Haiti. Entered the United States at Miami in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Jeanne Jean Baptiste

    Born 1918 in Haiti. Entered the United States in 1954. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Odette H. Jean Baptiste

    Born 1923 in Fort De Fr, French West Indies. Entered the United States at New York in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Jeanbaptiste in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France528 records

528 records of the Jeanbaptiste name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marcelle Anna Jean Baptiste

    Born 1891 in Guéret (Creuse); died 1974 in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Cedric Franck Jean Baptiste

    Born 1967 in Lyon; died 1989 in Saint-Jean-la-Bussière (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Colbert Jean Baptiste

    Born 1915 in Jussecourt-Minecourt; died 1971 in Bassu (Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 528 records for Jeanbaptiste in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Jeanbaptiste name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jackner Jean Baptiste

    Buried in 1985 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Jeanbaptiste name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Steenhaut Jean Baptiste

    Married in 1801 in Erembodegem; farmer, born 1774 in Teralphene.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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